Top Law News Allahabad HC grants anticipatory bail to Siddharth Varadarajan May 16, 2020 / May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday granted anticipatory bail to The Wire’s founding editor Siddharth Varadarajan who was booked for making remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityananth. Two FIRs were registered at Kotwali Ayodhya police station against Varadarajan One of the FIRs was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal […] Read more » Allahabad HC Allahabad HC grants anticipatory bail anticipatory bail to Siddharth Varadarajan Disaster Management Act and Epidemic Diseases Act Indian Penal Code IT Act Justice Chandra Dhari Singh remarks against Chief Minister Yogi Adityananth. Two FIRs were registered at Kotwali Ayodhya police station against Varadaraj Siddharth Varadarajan
Top Law News The Bar Council of India asks lawyers not to wear coat and long gowns during COVID-19. May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bar Council of India asked lawyers across the country on Thursday not to wear coats and long gowns during the hearings through video conferencing before any court or tribunal as a precautionary measure to check the spread of coronavirus infection . The apex bar body’s direction came a day after the Supreme Court issued […] Read more » justice Hrishikesh Roy Justice Indu Malhotra lawyers not to wear coat and long gowns not to wear coat and long gowns during COVID-19 The Bar Council of India
Top Law News Reply to PIL on housing essential staff in Mumbai: Bombay High Court May 16, 2020 / May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra government to respond to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking temporary accommodation in Mumbai for essential service providers, who commute between Mumbai and Palghar district each day for their work. The plea, filed by Charan Ravindra Bhatt, a resident of adjoining Palghar district, claims that such commute to […] Read more » Bombay High Court Charan Ravindra Bhatt Chief Justice Dipankar Datta COVID-19 in Palghar district Justice A A Sayed temporary accommodation in Mumbai for essential service providers
Top Law News India could avoid 72% of COVID-19 cases after lockdown by closing red light areas. May 16, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Academicians from Yale School of Medicine and Harvard Medical School have completed a study ‘Modelling the Effect of Continued Closure of Red-Light Areas on COVID-19 Transmission in India’. The study finds that Indians are at a much lower risk of getting COVID-19 if red light areas are kept closed after the lockdown, until an effective treatment […] Read more » 637500 sex workers as per the National Aids Control Organization closing red light areas COVID-19 pandemic Harvard Medical School India could avoid 72% of COVID-19 cases after lockdown Yale School of Medicine
Top Law News Mukul Rohatgi and Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy will address ‘Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series’ on ‘Journey of Supreme Court from 1950’ May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In “Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial’ online lecture series of ABAP, Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Senior Advocate and Former Attorney General of India will share his thoughts as Keynote speaker. Welcome Address will be delivered by Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy, Eminent Academician, (Vice Chancellor of NLSIU, Bengaluru) on the topic ‘Journey of Supreme Court from 1950 […] Read more » #ABAP Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad Dattopant Thengadi Lecture Series Dr. Sudhir Krishnaswamy Mr. Mukul Rohatgi online lecture series in the name of Prof. N.R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon Memorial Lecture Series Senior Advocate and Former Attorney General for India
Top Law News ‘No work-no wages’ can’t be applied in present situation: Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has said the principle of no work-no wages cannot be applied in the present extraordinary situation prevailing in the country due to the coronavirus-enforced lockdown. Justice R V Ghuge on Tuesday directed Aurangabad’s Tuljabhavani Mandir Sansthan trust to ensure that all its contract labourers, who have been unable to […] Read more » Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court Aurangabad's Tuljabhavani Mandir Sansthan trust Justice R V Ghuge Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation NMMC no work-no wages no work-no wages amid corona situation Rashtriya Shramik Aghadi
Top Law News Bombay High Court asks NMMC for list of protective gear distributed to staff. May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has directed the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation to file an affidavit listing details of all the protective gear procured and distributed to its staff in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Justice S J Kathawalla passed the order on Tuesday on a petition filed by sanitation and health workers of the Navi […] Read more » Bombay High Court Justice S J Kathawalla Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation NMMC
Top Law News Deploy revenue staff where cops not needed: Bombay High Court tells Maha govt May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Bombay High Court has said the Maharashtra Police machinery is under “great stress and strain” during the lockdown, and directed the state government and local civic authorities to deploy off-duty revenue officials for duties where police personnel are not required. Justice R V Ghuge of the high court’s Aurangabad bench gave the directive on Tuesday […] Read more » Bombay High Court Deploy revenue staff where cops not needed Justice R V Ghuge
Top Law News SC orders setting up of panel headed by MHA secy to consider pleas seeking 4G in J-K. May 14, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday ordered setting up of a high-powered committee headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai said the committee would also include the Chief […] Read more » 4G in J-K.
Top Law News SC declines interim bail to Sajjan Kumar serving life ter.m in anti-Sikh riot case May 13, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Wednesday refused to grant interim bail on medical grounds to former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar who is serving life imprisonment in an 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices Indu Malhotra and Hrishikesh Roy perused his medical report and said that he did not need […] Read more » interim bail to Sajjan Kumar
Top Law News COVID-19 death toll rises to 2,206 and cases climb to 67,152. May 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 2,206 and the number of cases climbed to 67,152 in the country on Monday, registering an increase of 97 deaths and a record jump of 4,213 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the Union health ministry The number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 44,029. […] Read more » COVID-19
Top Law News Supreme Court orders setting up of panel headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking 4G in J-K. May 12, 2020 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Supreme Court Monday ordered setting up of a high-powered committee headed by MHA Secretary to consider pleas seeking restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Justices N V Ramana, Justices R Subhash Reddy and B R Gavai said the committee would also include the Chief […] Read more » 4G in J-K. Justice B R Gavai Justices N V Ramana Justices R Subhash Reddy
